Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Democracy is the best chance for the best people. ~Robert Frost
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.
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If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself. ~Candance Bushnell
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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I'm at the age where I want two girls. In case I fall asleep they will have someone to talk to. ~Rodney Dangerfield
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When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. ~Louis Pasteur
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I take pride in the fact that a lot of little kids dig what I do. ~John Cena
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Bambi, to a kid, was scary. ~Billy Crystal
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Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid? ~Lynda Barry
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them. ~Phyllis Diller
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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